Does anyone else feel like...something isn't right,

[justdrew]

well of course it was always spelled Berenstain, but before that it was Berenstein

obviously as nearly parallel world-lines coalesce together some rewriting occurs, sometimes little bits of cross-linked memory get partially missed by the rewrite (it only goes so many levels deep). and anyway, the previous world line doesn't get lost, it's just a bit trickier to access.

enjoy

[8bitagent]

From the "leftist" media ignoring mass rape in Germany, to the idiot right wingers thinking Obama "gunna steal their guns" to the Hillary is "our best bet" idiots....all I have to say is what part of RIGGED don't you
understand? For me it is simple. BERNIE or bust

[Nordic]

From the "leftist" media ignoring mass rape in Germany, to the idiot right wingers thinking Obama "gunna steal their guns" to the Hillary is "our best bet" idiots....all I have to say is what part of RIGGED don't you
understand? For me it is simple. BERNIE or bust

You had me until the word BERNIE. He's one of them. He's part of the problem.

[MacCruiskeen]

From the "leftist" media ignoring mass rape in Germany, to ...

What is your problem, exactly? This is the second thread in which you've gone out of your way to spread this poisonous disinformation.

I am what you'd call a super liberal, far left....but I will say, the left covering up the mass rape in Germany and Sean Penn shaking hands with narco terrorist El Chappo is easy ammo for the rightwing. Thankfully
Bernie Sanders is neck and neck with Clinton, and he will win the nomination. I think society will implode if Hillary wins. Well it will implode with racist Clinton stooge Trump, but with Hillary the right wing will think they are in the right. 2016 will be a very dark year my friends

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There was no mass rape in Germany.

Is that clear enough?

There was no mass rape in Germany.

There was no mass rape in Germany.

There was no mass rape in Germany.

There was no mass rape in Germany.

Therefore: no one could "cover it up", least of all "the left", which has no such powers.

I don't know how any rational discussion of this incident can even begin to take place on this board if people don't bother to get even the most basic (and easily verifiable) facts right while throwing words around insouciantly as if words were not also dangerous weapons.

[MacCruiskeen]

Does anyone else feel like...something isn't right

Oh yes. Just for example, I think it's now obvious that decades of TV addiction have a severely damaging effect on people's ability to think straight.

[Luther Blissett]

Here's something that's wrong: I have noticed for the past four months that anything remotely sad, tales of sacrifice or selflessness, or even some happy stuff will make me well up. I cried through the practical entirety of the cartoon movie for children "Inside Out." I cried at work reading about homeless teens (and I think I posted the article here). I have basically been crying at the drop of a hat for the first time in my life.

[IanEye]

It sounds like your sad Phyllis has been a busy beaver.

[8bitagent]

I should have explained what I was saying. I'm not very eloquent or good with words. But kind of what I was saying was that "the left is ignoring mass sexual assault" in Germany is playing right into the hands
of the right wing. So is the image of Sean Penn shaking hands with terrorist/cartel mastermind El Chappo. I think we can all agree it's the reddest of red meat? The right is looking for any excuse right now. 10 US sailors taken by Iran, OH! It's Obama's fault. I feel the left needs to understand how things are going to be perceived. The right is now just this salivating rabid dog waiting to pounce. My point was that the media/left alt media should have covered whatever it was that happened in Germany, as by not covering it it was more ammunition.

I also feel, unlike the Bush years when many of us joined RI, the entirety of online culture has become insanely toxic. I see it with just the atmosphere of people not into politics online. This is going to be the nastiest election year of a generation. Perhaps on the level(or more so) than 1968 which some of you guys were able to live through. It's a nasty virus, that can affect any of us. Make even the most gentle and polite of online posters
suddenly venomous. It's in the air.

I had a long dinner with a friend earlier and he was mentioning the financial situation in China and warning of a wider financial collapse, along with the plummeting of oil. I was mentioning that I still feel like something is about to erupt in America regarding the anger over racial killings by cops, and then the effect that has with the gun crazy right. I mentioned that polls now show Bernie taking the lead against Clinton as of today, but that if there's a major terror attack in America before November, I think Trump wins it all. But my point was that I feel 2016 is a year where everyone will seem to be pitted against everyone, even the most civil, in what I am calling a three dimensional shit storm.
Way too many layers piling on top of each other right now, and it's really sad.

[justdrew]

well I'm sure once those sexual assaultists hear that "the left" is criticizing them, they'll immediately repent and never do it again.

if only "the left" could be bothered to sufficiently criticize them!

[8bitagent]

well I'm sure once those sexual assaultists hear that "the left" is criticizing them, they'll immediately repent and never do it again.

if only "the left" could be bothered to sufficiently criticize them!

My main problem is that the social justice warrior left, always quick to sniff out even the faintest whiff of sexism or rape culture these days by and large was perceived to have ignored the (alleged) mass sexual assaults in Germany because it appeared to involve Arab and North African men(ie: "Muslims" in the popular view) I don't understand why the left is afraid to report when women are victims of sexual assault en masse in the Arab world if it's proven to be true, like the reports from Tafir Square.

But a much scarier thing to me is brewing regarding the region, and that's a full blown Shia vs Sunni war. I can see likely possibility of a full on Iran vs Saudi/Arab coalition war. That I'd say is my biggest spidey sense tingling, regarding this thread. I am glad there is a *slightly* more moderate power in charge in Iran than the previous administration in Tehran, but this just feels like it's about to explode.

[Nordic]

A). What you're calling "the left" is not the left. Most people in this country don't even know what "leftist" means. Democrats are not "to the left". Not one fucking bit.

B). You seriously think that elections matter in the US? Or that it actually matters who is assigned the figurehead gig of "president"? You really think that Bernie Sanders is anything other than this seasons Howard Dean??

C). SJW's are trolls and only exist on social media. They're not real. They have no actual power. Most of them are probably 13 - 15 years old and likely younger.

You're a very difficult person to figure out. On the one hand you'll go into great deal about the minutia of the 9/11, then for example here you sound like another DNC Dailykos drone.

[NeonLX]

I had to quit "feeling". The bottom seems to have fallen out of my mind and all this shit is leaking out. I don't know what I can do about it.

Yesterday, I attended a rally against a mining company that wants to dig up old native burial mounds. It was nice to be amongst a group of people who were passionate. And I believe in what they stand for. But I stood in this crowd, holding a sign, and wondered what the fuck was going to be accomplished.

I probably shouldn't be in contact with idealistic people. I'm afraid I'll sap all of their positive energy.

I feel like a bucket of water that's being thrown onto a campfire.

[Luther Blissett]

I had to quit "feeling". The bottom seems to have fallen out of my mind and all this shit is leaking out. I don't know what I can do about it.

Yesterday, I attended a rally against a mining company that wants to dig up old native burial mounds. It was nice to be amongst a group of people who were passionate. And I believe in what they stand for. But I stood in this crowd, holding a sign, and wondered what the fuck was going to be accomplished.

I probably shouldn't be in contact with idealistic people. I'm afraid I'll sap all of their positive energy.

I feel like a bucket of water that's being thrown onto a campfire.

Thanks for reminding me that I need to schedule a meeting with my collective. The people I can feel appropriately, safely reckless and optimistic around.

[Luther Blissett]

I have to share because this just happened again, but once daily for the past few weeks, I have passed a person on campus or just around town who was crying. It's almost bizarre enough to go into the "coincidences and synchronicities" thread.

It's always a little surprising to see someone crying in public and the aggregate effect of seeing it everyday feels like there's some kind of strange mass sadness happening.

[Joe Hillshoist]

I had to quit "feeling". The bottom seems to have fallen out of my mind and all this shit is leaking out. I don't know what I can do about it.

Yesterday, I attended a rally against a mining company that wants to dig up old native burial mounds. It was nice to be amongst a group of people who were passionate. And I believe in what they stand for. But I stood in this crowd, holding a sign, and wondered what the fuck was going to be accomplished.

I probably shouldn't be in contact with idealistic people. I'm afraid I'll sap all of their positive energy.

I feel like a bucket of water that's being thrown onto a campfire.

We (as in 10s of thousands of us) broke a mining company that wanted to frack our piece of paradise over the last few years. Its not easy and it needs massive public support but it can be done. Sometimes someone who is not as idealistic is needed. Someone who can point out the weaknesses in excess positivity so the protest/action can be more resilient and the obvious flaws that don't get noticed in the hype can be pointed out and dealt with.